Bengali Girls Don’t: Based on a True Story (Memoirs of a Muslim Daughter)
Not Available / Digital Item
Condition: USED (All books are in used condition)
Condition - Very Good The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and functions properly. Item may arrive with damaged packaging or be repackaged. It may be marked, have identifying markings on it, or have minor cosmetic damage. It may also be missing some parts/accessories or bundled items.
Bengali Girls Don’t: Based on a True Story (Memoirs of a Muslim Daughter)
“Bengali Girls Don’t†by L.A. Sherman shares the author’s journey from her birth in a remote village during Bangladesh’s liberation war to her rebellious days in England as a young girl in the 1980s to her eventual forced marriage.
“The book is unique in that it really gives to the western reader an idea of what Bangladeshi home life is really like and how easy it is to get caught between two cultures.â€
She was inspired to write the story due to the lack of English language books on Bengali lifestyles. “Sure, some authors have written about our way of living,†she says, “but those are by people who’ve never lived it; I lived it, I breathed it, my heart was emptied out because of it.â€
She goes on to say that the book is about heartache and irony. About broken dreams. And how the life we choose is not always the life that chooses us. “It’s like ‘Brick Lane’ on steroids,†Sherman says. “Or the Bengali version of ‘East is East.’
"Gripping . . . sort of reminds you of Elizabeth Smart or Jaycee Dugard." --Zakariya Mikal, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
